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Cover -- Half-title Page -- Dedication Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- Prologue: The Homicide Timeline -- Why won't she get in the ambulance? -- Introduction: The 'crime of passion' myth -- Vincent -- 'I just snapped' -- Solidarity -- Three questions -- Stage One: A history of control or stalking -- Karl -- Employing violence -- Blame -- Personality disorder and psychopathy -- Repeating patterns -- The power of history -- A domestic abuse register -- Making a history visible: reporting abuse and control -- Stage Two: The commitment whirlwind -- Love -- Astrid -- When there is no grand passion -- Speed and commitment -- Who is a victim? -- Stage Three: Living with control -- The jealousy code -- The loyalty code -- Sada -- Fear -- Victim strategies - Lara -- Simone -- Routine and ritual -- The web of control -- Sexual abuse -- Stage Four: Trigger -- Separation -- Devin -- Crossing the line -- Stage Five: Escalation -- Stalking -- Ruby -- Stage Six: A change in thinking -- 'I couldn't have hurt her, because I loved her...' -- The calm before the storm -- Stage Seven: Planning -- Edith and Walter -- Stage Eight: Homicide and/or suicide -- Recognising homicide and suicides -- After homicide -- Ben Butler -- Domestic Homicide Reviews -- Epilogue: A Final Word -- A Note on the Author -- A Note on the Type -- Copyright Page.

"This volume is a shocking insight into the way the idea of romantic love can justify and excuse the killing of women by their spouses and partners, and lead to sympathy and reduced prison sentences for the killers. The author explores how stories of domestic homicide and love are told in the news, by the police, and in the courts, drawing from the reporting of 72 cases which happened in just one twelve month period. The findings make compelling reading and are important in understanding how we respond to domestic abuse and violence more generally, making clear the need to listen to victims more closely both before and after death. The book also includes a personal account of the aftermath of a double murder which was pivotal to the introduction of Domestic Homicide Reviews in the UK in April 2011"--Provided by publisher.

This book is about relating rape and murder in both senses of the term; that is the way rape and murder are linked and related and also how stories of rape and murder are related or told. It is argued that a close relationship has evolved which allows them to share meaning and this dangerous linkage has serious repercussions. Drawing from narratives produced in police investigations, press reporting and entertainment media, and using both modern and historical case studies of sexualised murder, the author challenges us to contemplate the possible effects of a relationship which allows us to characterize murder of women as rape, and redefine the human fears of women as female sexual vulnerability. The implications of the argument of this book are enormous, not only for the way police investigate violence against women, but for the way we construct human fears.